Mr. Payton

This year at Calvary we got a few new teachers. One of the new teachers here is Mr. Payton. He is the 6th-10th grade math teacher, 8th grade Bible and 3rd-5th grade PE teacher.

He was born December 31,1974 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Then he moved to New Jersey then to Wisconsin and then he ended up in Michigan. He has a dog named Barkley and a cat named Smokey.

Before he came to teach here he taught at Freedom Christian in Hudsonville, Michigan. He always wanted to be a teacher. He likes math because you can either be right or wrong and there is no gray area.

His favorite food is donuts and he also likes to golf and play basketball. The craziest thing that Mr. Payton has ever done was going cliff jumping. The funny thing is that he is scared of heights. Last year we had Mrs. B (aka Mrs. Borgeson) and now we have Mr.Payton. She was a good teacher and it was hard to see her go, but we got to believe God is leading her in the right direction. Mr. Payton is a calm and collected teacher, which I like. I think after awhile it is good to have a change of teacher.

In my opinion Mr. Payton is a really cool teacher. He doesn't mind taking time out of his day to help you with your math homework. I think Mr. Payton will be a really good teacher. He definitely can be a serious teacher when he needs to be and funny teacher when the time is right. Overall I think that Mr. Payton will be a great contribution to our school and to the students. He is also known as Mr. P.

- Samantha Nesbitt, Freshman